"... BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the
permission and authority of the State of Virginia be, and the same are
hereby granted to the Gorham Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island, to make further copies or reproductions of the Houdon
statue of George Washington, from the moulds now in possession of
the said Gorham Manufacturing Company, belonging to the State of
Virginia, for any National, State, Territorial, County or Municipal
Government... for any university, college, school, library, art gallery
or other educational institution; for any patriotic society, or, for
presentation to any duly organized board, commission or society
having in charge the care and preservation of any historic spot closely
related to the history and achievements of George Washington:

"... PROVIDED, FURTHER, that there shall be on the plinth of every
such copy or reproduction a facsimile of the great seal of the State of
Virginia and an inscription as follows, to wit: 'Copied from the original
by Houdon in the State capitol at Richmond by permission of the
General Assembly of Virginia.'

"...PROVIDED, FURTHER, that no such copy shall be made for any
of the persons... purposes or objects above enumerated, except by
and with the approval of the Governor of Virginia, first obtained.

"... AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, that for each copy of the statue
made the Gorham Company shall pay Five Hundred dollars into the
treasury of the State of Virginia... to the credit of the Library Fund."

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Questia, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning. www.questia.comPublication information:
Book title: George Washington, Jean Antoine Houdon, Sculptor:A Brief History of the Most Famous Sculpture Created of America's Immortal Patriot, Issued to Commemorate the Bicentennial of His Birth, 1732-1932.
Contributors: Gorham Manufacturing Company - OrganizationName.
Publisher: The Gorham Company.
Place of publication: Providence, RI.
Publication year: 1931.
Page number: 7.

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